Never Bring a Pen to a Sword Fight

Published: April 28, 2022, 1 p.m.


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\nThey say the pen is mightier than the sword, but it is way easier to kill a guy with a sword than with a pen. We love art\u2013it\u2019s important to us and it\u2019s meaningful and a worthwhile pursuit\u2013but art alone does not change the material world. What, then, is the purpose of writing? Why do we do this if we\u2019re not saving the world? Here to talk about this is poet Danielle Rose.
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\nHeader image via Petri Damst\xe9n.
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\nBarren Magazine Fires Editor over Cynical Tweet About Poetry
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\nOrwell\u2019s List
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\nat first & then
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\nThe History of Mountains
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\nHow \u2018The Birth of a Nation\u2019 revived the KKK
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